• Job Tag: #LI-LS1
• Posted: November 13,2026

A top-tier Am Law firm is seeking a mid-level associate to join its busy and growing Real Estate practice in Minneapolis. The team works on sophisticated commercial real estate transactions across a variety of asset classes, representing private equity firms, developers, investors, borrowers, lenders, and other institutional clients nationally. This is an opportunity to join a fantastic group of talented attorneys with direct client contact and real ownership of deals.

Responsibilities

• Represent clients in complex commercial real estate acquisitions, dispositions, financings, joint ventures, and other investment transactions.
• Draft, review, and negotiate purchase and sale agreements, loan documents, joint venture agreements, and related transaction documents.
• Handle mortgage, mezzanine, and other real estate financing transactions.
• Conduct and manage transactional due diligence, including title, survey, zoning, leasing, and existing financing matters.
• Manage transaction workstreams from diligence and documentation through closing and post-closing.
• Communicate directly with clients, opposing counsel, lenders, and other transaction participants, and coordinate across deal teams.

Qualifications

• 3 to 5 years of sophisticated commercial real estate transactional experience, preferably in a large law firm environment.
• Strong experience with real estate finance, acquisitions and dispositions, and/or joint ventures.
• Strong drafting, negotiation, analytical, and transaction management skills.
• Demonstrated ability to take ownership of significant transaction workstreams and work effectively with clients.
• Experience with multiple commercial real estate asset classes preferred.
• J.D. from an accredited law school and active license in good standing in at least one U.S. jurisdiction.